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Even as technology has advanced, the current manufacturing process is still rife with challenges and inefficiencies. Offshore manufacturing with volume producers presents serious communication challenges, such as language barriers, time zones, and many layers of sales and logistics in between you and your actual manufacturer.
Because of this, distributed manufacturing has arisen as a potential alternative, leveraging a network of geographically dispersed manufacturing facilities that are connected by online technology.
Distributed manufacturing is quickly reinventing the manufacturing industry from something monolithic and closed to something transparent and nimble. It allows builders to choose from a variety of machines, materials, and quantities, all located nearby, with unparalleled flexibility, quality, and speed.
通过依靠特定地理区域中的生产商网络，而不是单个海外制造商，分布式制造业可以通过三种关键的方式提供出色的成果：速度，质量和成本效益。
Distributed Manufacturing is Faster
在Fictiv，我们已经看到了在初创企业和大型企业中开发产品的较小，更精简团队的趋势。这意味着竞争比以往任何时候都更加紧密，并且能够尽早迭代并经常使球队具有极具竞争力。使用利用本地资源的分布式制造模型，由于减少了运输时间和更少的物流，公司可以在与大型制造商一起进行一项订单的时间内进行多次修订。
由于连接性是分布式制造不可或缺的一部分，因此也通过在线工具简化了通信（喜欢虚构！) that smooth translation errors and decrease the amount of time between revisions.
使用多功能本地制造商进行原型制造和低批量生产，使工程师的时间更加有效，并尽可能快速，成本效益。
Distributed Manufacturing Delivers Superior Quality
In this new era of lean hardware development, small,本地制造商是分布式制造成功不可或缺的一部分.
大批量制造商通常由于规模和沟通障碍的纯粹单位而失去质量。另一方面，小商店通常在生产一致的高质量工作方面具有数十年的经验。
分布式制造表面是您所在地区的顶级本地制造商，并允许您为您的需求选择最佳专家。虚构的网络由最好的本地制造商组成，可为每种类型的生产提供专家。我们的系统会自动将您路由到符合您规格的立即可用的机器。您可以了解有关虚拟网络的更多信息here.
分布式制造更具成本效益
过时的制造过程的批量订单方法是一个冒险的事情，错误证明非常昂贵。对于原型制作，许多组织和个人选择购买自己的机器，我们以前突出了, is not only cost prohibitive to many small companies, but also incredibly inefficient.
One of the biggest cost considerations for which companies often fail to budget is the cost of operating and maintaining machines. Prototyping and manufacturing machines (both additive and subtractive) are complex and highly tuned. Without proper maintenance, they won’t perform properly, which leads to failed parts, downtime, and a whole lot of frustration.
Distributed manufacturing requires significantly less up-front capital than traditional manufacturing, and it doesn’t require the constant maintenance of owning and operating machines. By leveraging the expertise of local operators with decades of quality experience, you’ll gain more time and money to continue to iterate on your product.
分布式制造将使硬件民主化
分布式制造允许在全球化和外包制造业影响的城市和小镇的组织中生产比以往任何时候都更少的资本和间接费用的零件，帮助硬件创新继续以指数级的速度增长。随着时间的流逝，这些地区的本地工程师，设计师，企业家和制造商将形成自己的相互联系的生态系统，并支持彼此的增长和当地经济的发展。
When these groups are connected and have the resources they need to be successful, we can lower the barrier to entry into hardware development and positively affect local economies.This is how we begin to democratize hardware.
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